kynsi

From Proto-Finnic *künci, from Proto-Uralic *künče. Cognates include Estonian küüs, Ter Sami kannc, Erzya кенже (kenže).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkynsi/, [ˈk̟yns̠i]
• Rhymes: -ynsi
• Hyphenation^(key): kyn‧si

kynsi

1. nail, fingernail, toenail (thin, horny plate)
2. claw (curved horny nail)
3. clove (any of the separate bulbs that make up the larger bulb of garlic)
4. talon (sharp, hooked claw of a bird of prey or other predatory animal)
5. (nautical) bill (extremity of the arm of an anchor)
6. (music) plectrum (in harpsichord, the part at the end of a jack that plucks the cord)
7. (mechanics) dog (any of various mechanical devices for holding, gripping, or fastening something, particularly with a tooth-like projection)

• “kynsi”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

• IPA^(key): /ˈkynsi/, [ˈk̟yns̠i] (third-person indicative)
• IPA^(key): /ˈkynsiˣ/, [ˈk̟yns̠i(ʔ)] (imperative, indicative connegative)
• Rhymes: -ynsi
• Hyphenation^(key): kyn‧si

kynsi

1. inflection of kynsiä:
   1. third-person singular past indicative
   2. present active indicative connegative
   3. second-person singular present imperative
   4. second-person singular present active imperative connegative

• IPA^(key): /ˈkynsi/, [ˈk̟yns̠i]
• Rhymes: -ynsi
• Hyphenation^(key): kyn‧si

kynsi

1. third-person singular past indicative of kyntää

• kynti

• -yksin, sykin, yksin, yskin

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈkynsi/, [ˈkyns̠ʲ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈkynsi/, [ˈkynʒ̥i]
• Rhymes: -ynsʲ, -ynsi
• Hyphenation: kyn‧si

kynsi

1. Alternative form of kyns

Declension of kynsi (type 5/vesi, nt-nn gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	kynsi	kynnet
genitive	kynnen	kynsiin, kynsilöin
partitive	kynttä	kynsiä, kynsilöjä
illative	kyntee	kynsii, kynsilöihe
inessive	kynnees	kynsiis, kynsilöis
elative	kynnest	kynsist, kynsilöist
allative	kynnelle	kynsille, kynsilöille
adessive	kynneel	kynsiil, kynsilöil
ablative	kynnelt	kynsilt, kynsilöilt
translative	kynneks	kynsiks, kynsilöiks
essive	kynteennä, kynteen	kynsiinnä, kynsilöinnä, kynsiin, kynsilöin
exessive1)	kyntent	kynsint, kynsilöint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈkynsi/, [ˈkyns̠ʲ]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈkynsi/, [ˈkynʒ̥i]
• Rhymes: -ynsʲ, -ynsi
• Hyphenation: kyn‧si

kynsi

1. third-person singular imperfect indicative of kyntää

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 231

• künsi
• (Southern) kynzi

From Proto-Finnic *künci.

kynsi (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

1. (Northern, anatomy) fingernail